[LargeFormat] Nice brass Protars - convertible

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This is odd. if using a German credit card is so expensive for the merchant, I'd have thought one of the other eurozone countries' banks would have recognised a gap in the market and stepped in.....

>  from:    Ole Tjugen <oftjugen@online.no>
>  date:    Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:48:50
>  to:      largeformat@f32.net
>  subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Nice brass Protars - convertible
> 
> It's true that payment will generally have to be by direct bank transfer - or 
> cash. But the "antiquated view of financial transactions" i sfound in the 
> German banking system, not the people. Credit cards are very expensive , 
> especially for the sellers (shops). So they are virtually useless in Germany - 
> so nobody has one. No credit card = no paypal.
> 
> I've bought most of my equipment that way, with no problems so far.
> 
> ole
> 
> >===== Original Message From mark.blackman1@btinternet.com =====
> >Ole,
> >I'm not particularly interested in these, but to anyone in the UK or USA who 
> is, be warned. Most German sellers seem to have an antiquated view of 
> financial transactions. I've had to arrange direct bank transfers in the past 
> which take an age to complete - my bank tells me its the german banking system 
> that holds things up. Why they wont take credit card payments or paypal is 
> beyond me.
> >
> <snipped>
> 
> 
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